All manuscripts are subjected to peer-review and are expected to meet the standards of academic excellence. If approved by the Editorial Board, submissions will be considered by peer-reviewers, whose identities will remain anonymous to the authors and vice versa (double-blind peer-review). The decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of a manuscript is the responsibility of the Editorial Board and is based on the recommendations of the reviewers (peer-reviewed process). Our Editorial Board will occasionally seek advice outside standard peer-review, for example, on submissions with serious ethical, security, biosecurity, or societal implications. We may consult experts and the external academic reviewer(s) before deciding on appropriate actions, including but not limited to recruiting reviewers with specific expertise, assessment by the Editorial Board and declining to further consider a submission.